
Anna-Lisa Linden
Professor emerita

Public Transport as a Common Good - Problems for children and women
Författare
Summary, in English
Hitherto the influence of the grass-roots on the planning is very limited. The study in Dar-es-Salaam has shown that there is a weak involvement of citizens in transport planning and there are few mechanisms working to get them involved. Extremely weak is the involvement of women and students in the planning processes that could lead to immediate improvements of transport. Especially school children belong to a marginalized group of passengers. As customers traveling with ‘daladala’ buses every day they have a lot of knowledge and experience, which could be used to improve the service. This study analyses the travel situation for women and children, their use of public transport as a service product, the obstacles and negative treatment they face daily. The travel situation has negative impacts on their daily life and not least for their performance at school.
The study has shown that women and parents of school children have a strong wish to transmit their experience and knowledge to planners and to participate in planning for public transportation if they were given the opportunity.
Avdelning/ar
- Sociologi
Publiceringsår
2006
Språk
Engelska
Dokumenttyp
Konferensbidrag
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- Dar-es-Salaam
- children
- problems
- sociology
- sociologi
- public transport
- women
Conference name
The 3:rd conference on FUTURE URBAN TRANSPORT
Conference date
2006-04-03 - 2006-04-05
Conference place
Gothenburg, Sweden
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Urban Public Transport in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Forskningsgrupp
- Sustainability and Development Studies